Syria's issues lie with oil

Currently, oil and natural gas production and distribution in Syria is entirely government-owned. Like Iraq, before our timely intervention, there was little corporate chance of private ownership of these resources.

If the U.S. intervenes to depose Bashir al-Assad, private corporations can gain access to market, for personal profit, these government held petroleum products and pipelines.

The Iraq War ended when international corporations gained contracts to get their cut of the oil and pipelines. If we enter this Syrian civil war, for whatever reason we are led to believe, it will not end until these same corporations have acquired ownership of the oil and gas that now belongs to the Syrian people - all at the expense of the American taxpayer.

Theresa Irene Pinkous

Murfreesboro 37130

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Syria's issues lie with oil

Currently, oil and natural gas production and distribution in Syria is entirely government-owned. Like Iraq, before our timely intervention, there was little corporate chance of private ownership of